Anthony William Inglis Hall

After qualifying Tony served in the Royal Army Medical Corps with the Royal Irish Fusiliers in Palestine from 1945 to 1947. On his return to the United Kingdom he entered general practice in Wakefield. Following a cerebral haemorrhage at the age of 37 he decided on a career change and moved to Harrogate, where he took up the post of assistant medical officer of health. On his retirement in 1982 he returned to north Lancashire, where he indulged his lifelong passion for gardening by transforming a large rough orchard into a spectacular garden often open to the public. He was also a skilful fisherman, and until recently on the parochial church council and a sidesman at Arkholme church. He leaves a wife, Pauline, and three children, one of whom is a general practitioner. [Philippa Hall]